av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 18, 2017 | Notiser
Alert over booby-trapped security software – BBC News
A security company has issued a warning after its software was compromised by malicious hackers.Piriform told users a booby-trapped version of its CCleaner software had been made available in August and September.Millions of people use the CCleaner program to remove unwanted junk from Android phones and Windows PCs.Piriform’s owner, Avast, said it had managed to remove the compromised version before any harm had been done.Cleaning upIf the malicious hackers who had managed to subvert the software had not been spotted, they could have remotely taken over the devices of the 2.27 million people who had downloaded version 5.33 of the program, said Paul Yung, from Piriform.Mr Yung said the company had spotted some “suspicious activity” on 12 September that led it to discover version 5.33 had been “illegally modified” before it had been made available to the public.
Källa: Alert over booby-trapped security software – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 18, 2017 | Notiser
Exclusive: Google offers to display rival sites via auction – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google has offered to display rival shopping comparison sites via an auction in order to comply with an EU antitrust order to stop favoring its own shopping service, four people familiar with the matter said on Monday.The proposal, whoch resembles a failed offer made to the European Commission three years ago to settle the case, would allow competitors to bid for any spot in its shopping section known as Product Listing Ads, the people said.Under the previous proposal aimed at settling the long-running EU antitrust investigation, the worlds most popular internet search engine had reserved the first two places for its own ads.
Källa: Exclusive: Google offers to display rival sites via auction – sources
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 18, 2017 | Nöje
Liars Cred Woes
Director / Editor: Yoonha Park
Production: Neighborhood Watch Films
Producer: Felipe Dieppa
DoP: Zach Stoltzfus
Production Design: Evan Schafer
Additional Photography: Alex Gallitano
Commissioner: John Moule
Featuring: Roi Cydulkin
Thank You: Rebekka Björnsdóttir
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 18, 2017 | Notiser
Visitors ‘help’ Pirate Bay mine virtual cash – BBC News
The Pirate Bay briefly put code on some of its web pages that used visitors’ machines to mine a virtual currency.The hidden code helped the file-sharing site generate coins for the Monero digital currency.The Pirate Bay’s administrators said using the code had been an experiment to see whether it could provide a way to end its reliance on ad revenue.But many visitors objected to the code being foisted on them without any prior notification.One Monero coin is currently worth about $100 (£74).The code inserted on The Pirate Bay pages was under development, said the site’s administrators, who also asked people for feedback.”Do you want ads or do you want to give away a few of your CPU [central processing unit] cycles every time you visit the site?” they asked.
Källa: Visitors ‘help’ Pirate Bay mine virtual cash – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 18, 2017 | Lästips
Visitors ‘help’ Pirate Bay mine virtual cash – BBC News
The Pirate Bay briefly put code on some of its web pages that used visitors’ machines to mine a virtual currency.The hidden code helped the file-sharing site generate coins for the Monero digital currency.The Pirate Bay’s administrators said using the code had been an experiment to see whether it could provide a way to end its reliance on ad revenue.But many visitors objected to the code being foisted on them without any prior notification.One Monero coin is currently worth about $100 (£74).The code inserted on The Pirate Bay pages was under development, said the site’s administrators, who also asked people for feedback.”Do you want ads or do you want to give away a few of your CPU [central processing unit] cycles every time you visit the site?” they asked.
Källa: Visitors ‘help’ Pirate Bay mine virtual cash – BBC News